panoptic
pa·nop·tic
adjective
1.
2.
- “across-the-board pay increases”
- “an all-embracing definition”
- “blanket sanctions against human-rights violators”
- “an invention with broad applications”
- “a panoptic study of Soviet nationality” T.G.Winner
- “granted him wide powers”
Origin
From pan- + optic.
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